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Erdogan warns of military escalation in Syrian conflict
Turkish-backed forces known as the Free Syrian Army took full control of the center of Afrin, a Syrian-Kurdish city, on Sunday. In its operation dubbed "Olive Branch", Ankara has targeted the YPG militia which it considers a " terrorist " offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party ( PKK ). [Full Article...]
EU Recalls Moscow Envoy After Blaming Russia For Poisoning Of Former Spy
The leaders of several European Union countries said Friday they are mulling whether to expel Russian diplomats or take other steps to support Britain following a nerve agent attack on a former spy. Highlighting the bloc's familiar divisions on how to handle Russia, Slovakia's new prime minister, Peter Pellegrini, said he wanted "constructive dialogue" with Moscow despite the poisoning of the ... [Full Article...]
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Nora become a hurricane
An emergency alert has been issued for the western coast of Cape York as Cyclone Nora intensifies into an expected category 4 storm. As of noon Saturday Tropical Cyclone Iris was Category 1. Flood watches are in place as up to 200mm of rain could fall daily, with isolated pockets possibly being hit with 300mm. It was predicted to spend several days skirting the coastline before making landfa... [Full Article...]
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Finally Addresses the Data Breach--Badly
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg shared Zuckerberg's post and added a comment: "We know that this was a major violation of peoples' trust, and I deeply regret that we didn't do enough to deal with it". "The hearing will examine the harvesting and sale of personal information from more than 50 million Facebook users , potentially without their notice or consent and in violation of Facebook po... [Full Article...]
Sacramento on edge after cops fatally shoot unarmed black man
Media outlets have reported this as an official police statement , in addition to the news that Clark allegedly broke a window with a "tool bar" minutes before the shooting. A total of 20 shots were fired. Clark's grandmother said she was inside the house when the shots were fired, and saw her grandson with an iPhone. [Full Article...]
World wary as Trump turns to hardliners Bolton and Pompeo
Last week, Mr Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by a tweet , replacing him with former CIA Director Mike Pompeo. In May 2002, Bolton gave a speech titled "Beyond the axis of evil", during which he placed Syria, Libya and Cuba on the "axis" and promised that the U.S. [Full Article...]
Southern California on guard as heavy rains raise mudslide risk
In northern California , heavy rains caused a small dam on the Moccasin Reservoir, east of San Francisco, to overflow, prompting the National Weather Service to warn that the structure was in danger of imminent collapse. Montecito resident Garrick Hyder evacuated for the December wildfire but not ahead of the January mudslides, which destroyed items in his garage including a motorcycle and thousa... [Full Article...]
School District Arms Students with Rocks to Stop Mass Shooters
The district's comprehensive plan addresses decision-making during an attack, evacuation procedures, barricading classrooms and, exclusively as a last resort should an assailant gain entry to a barricaded classroom, having a supply of rocks on hand for the students to not go down without a fight. [Full Article...]